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$22.90 +0.08 (+0.35%)
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CENX vs. KALU, AA, FCX, HBM, SCCO, ESAB, AMBP, TRS, NWPX, and EAF

Should you be buying Century Aluminum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Century Aluminum include Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Alcoa (AA), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Southern Copper (SCCO), ESAB (ESAB), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), TriMas (TRS), NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX), and GrafTech International (EAF).

Century Aluminum vs. Its Competitors

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) and Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 5.17% compared to Kaiser Aluminum's net margin of 2.05%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 19.06% beat Kaiser Aluminum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Century Aluminum5.17% 19.06% 6.43%
Kaiser Aluminum 2.05%8.03%2.41%

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Century Aluminum and Century Aluminum both had 15 articles in the media. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Kaiser Aluminum's score of 0.78 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Century Aluminum
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kaiser Aluminum
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Century Aluminum currently has a consensus price target of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.26%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.78%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than Kaiser Aluminum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Century Aluminum
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kaiser Aluminum
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Century Aluminum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kaiser Aluminum. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaiser Aluminum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum$2.36B0.90$336.80M$1.1819.41
Kaiser Aluminum$3.02B0.44$46.80M$3.8921.31

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CENX vs. The Competition

MetricCentury AluminumMETAL PROC&FABR IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.13B$2.34B$7.88B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.86%4.55%4.01%
P/E Ratio19.4124.2325.6020.08
Price / Sales0.9010.19101.4589.23
Price / Cash5.0312.6727.9258.56
Price / Book3.212.224.465.88
Net Income$336.80M$107.10M$795.63M$258.72M
7 Day Performance12.70%4.01%1.38%3.72%
1 Month Performance25.55%12.34%5.62%11.73%
1 Year Performance48.51%24.68%31.99%18.02%

Century Aluminum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CENX
Century Aluminum
2.6157 of 5 stars
$22.90
+0.4%
$24.33
+6.3%
+51.1%$2.13B$2.36B19.412,971News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
2.4796 of 5 stars
$91.53
+2.1%
$69.00
-24.6%
+6.2%$1.48B$3.02B34.284,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
AA
Alcoa
4.2045 of 5 stars
$30.95
+2.0%
$41.23
+33.2%
-6.2%$7.85B$11.90B7.3113,900Analyst Revision
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.9367 of 5 stars
$45.25
+1.0%
$50.71
+12.1%
+0.8%$65.02B$25.46B37.3928,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
HBM
HudBay Minerals
3.3773 of 5 stars
$9.81
+0.5%
N/A+23.8%$3.88B$2.09B25.802,803Trending News
Analyst Revision
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.3526 of 5 stars
$98.18
+1.8%
$91.00
-7.3%
-5.9%$78.16B$11.43B21.4816,133Positive News
Dividend Increase
ESAB
ESAB
2.8045 of 5 stars
$128.08
-1.5%
$138.89
+8.4%
+33.8%$7.76B$2.74B28.859,300News Coverage
Positive News
AMBP
Ardagh Metal Packaging
3.4352 of 5 stars
$4.53
-1.0%
$4.52
-0.1%
+3.0%$2.73B$4.91B24.056,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
TRS
TriMas
4.7528 of 5 stars
$30.56
+1.6%
$40.00
+30.9%
+16.2%$1.24B$925.01M39.693,900News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
NWPX
NWPX Infrastructure
3.0748 of 5 stars
$40.99
+0.5%
$55.00
+34.2%
+13.7%$404.98M$492.55M12.541,358News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
EAF
GrafTech International
0.9148 of 5 stars
$1.33
-9.2%
$1.63
+22.6%
+80.1%$342.05M$538.78M-2.451,072News Coverage
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